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J.D. Salinger

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  1. Is recognized by critics and readers alike as one of the most popular and influential authors of American fiction during the second half of the twentieth century.
  2. J.D Salinger is best know for his contreversial novel Catcher In The Rye
  3. He began writing fiction
  4. Salinger contributed work to the school's literary magazine
  5. credited with composing the words to the school's anthem
  6. published his first story, "The Young Folks," in the spring of 1940
  7. In 1946 the New Yorker published his story "Slight Rebellion Off Madison
  8. "Slight Rebellion Off Madison," was later rewritten to become a part of The Catcher in the Rye
  9. The Catcher in the Rye quickly became a favorite among young people
  10. At various points in history, The Catcher in the Rye has been banned
  11. The Catcher in the Rye has been banned by public libraries, schools, and bookstores
  12. Nine Stories, a collection of previously published short stories came out in 1953
  13. Salinger contributed work to the school's literary magazine
  14. He did not respond to the reason of college so he quit and used this reason in alot of his writing
  15. Was influenced by Whit Burnette (1899–1973)
  16. Burnette made a lasting impression on him
  17. Continued to write while in service in the army during WWII
  18. His writing seriously took off after WWII
  19. He did not publish any other book until 1961 when hs much anticipated Franny and Zooey appeared
  20. In 1963 he published another glass family story sequence, Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters; and Seymour: An Introduction

Liukkonen, Petri. http://kirjasto.sci.fi/salinger.htm. http://kirjasto.sci.fi/salinger.htm, 4/29/10. Web. 29 Apr 2010.


  1. Published one novel and many short stories between 1948-1959
  2. His best know work is Catcher In The Rye
  3. In 1939 took a short story writing class under Wit Burnette
  4. In the first months in europe he managed to write some stories
  5. Salinger's early short stories appeared in such magazines as Story
  6. First story was published in 1940
  7. Wrote for Story magazine
  8. Wrote for Saturday Evening Post
  9. Wrote for Esquire
  10. Also wrote for the New Yorker
  11. In 1948, A Perfect Day For BananaFish appeared
  12. Which introduced Seymour Glass, who commits suicide
  13. It was the earliest reference to the Glass family, whose stories would go on to form the main corpus of his writing
  14. The 'Glass cycle' continued in the collections FRANNY AND ZOOEY (1961), RAISE HIGH THE ROOF BEAM, CARPENTERS (1963) and SEYMOUR: AN INTRODUCTION (1963)
  15. Several of the stories are narrated by Buddy Glass
  16. Salinger's first novel, The Catcher in the Rye, became immediately a Book-of-the-Month Club selection
  17. It sells still some 250 000 copies annually
  18. The first reviews of the work were mixed, although most critics considered it brilliant
  19. Salinger did not do much to help publicity, and asked that his photograph should not be used in connection with the book
  20. Later he turned down requests for movie adaptations of the book

Pinsker, Sanford. "Salinger, J(erome) D(avid) (1919- )." Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia of American Literature. Vol. 1. HarperCollins Publishers, 1991. 939. Student Edition. Web. 30 Apr. 2010
  1. Most of his story Catcher In The Rye was based on his experiences at Valley Forge Military Academy
  2. Published first short-story when he was 21
  3. Hoped to become a poet
  4. Became a fiction writer
  5. Stories appeared in a number of magazines including Story and Colliers
  6. Wrote for the New Yorker
  7. His Novel Cather In The Rye has been named as a minor classic
  8. Nine Stories a collection of stories that appeared originally in The New Yorker
  9. Most of the stories deal with precocious, troubled children, and religious problems
  10. The result was a perfect literary formula for the 1950s
  11. Wrote stories such as Perfect Day For Bananafish
  12. Wrote Franny and Zooey in 1961
  13. Wrote Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters in 1963
  14. Wrote Seymour: An Introduction in 1963
  15. Salinger continued to parcel out bits and pieces of the Glass family
  16. Hapworth 16, 1924 is the last installment of the Glass saga
  17. Appeared in The New Yorker on June 19, 1965
  18. A Perfect Day for Bananafish was singled out by critics and young writers alike for special attention
  19. Harpwarth 16, 1924 was indicated as the end of his writing career
  20. Glass family has influenced much of Salinger's work
French, Warren. "J. D. Salinger." DISCovering Authors. Online ed. Detroit: Gale, 2003. Student Resource Center - Gold. Web. 30 Apr. 2010.
  1. He had only wished to preserve only a novel and thirteen short stories
  2. All were published between 1948 through 1959
  3. All mostly published in The New Yorker
  4. He was at least between 1951 and 1963 the most popular American fiction writer
  5. He had taken a short-story writing course under Whit Burnett the influential editor of Story
  6. His first published work The Young Folks appeared in Story in 1940
  7. During the 1940's he published another nineteen stories
  8. he has not been allowed to collect these stories
  9. Most are very short heavily ironic tales about troubled young people
  10. The stories that the author has chosen to preserve begin and end with accounts of the suicide of Seymour Glass
  11. A Perfect Day for Bananafish the first story in the collection Nine Stories
"Salinger, J(erome) D(avid) (1919-)." DISCovering Authors. Online ed. Detroit: Gale, 2003. Student Resource Center - Gold. Web. 30 Apr. 2010.
  1. Best known for his controversial novel The Catcher in the Rye
  2. He is recognized by critics and readers alike as one of the most popular and influential authors of American fiction to emerge after World War II
  3. The Catcher in the Rye now regarded as a classic work of adolescent angst
  4. He had his first piece of short fiction published in Story
  5. His short fiction soon began appearing in Collier's
  6. His short fiction soon began appearing in The Saturday Evening Post
  7. His short fiction soon began appearing in Esquire and other magazines
  8. He continued to write and publish while in the Army
  9. After returning to the States his career as a writer of serious fiction took off